Digbijoy Dey is a Senior Programme Officer in IRC’s South Asia Regional Programme. He is an environment professional with over 12 years’ experience in the field of water and environment. He is IRC’s Country Representative in Bangladesh and works as a Sanitation Specialist. He has worked for countries outside South Asia such as Benin, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Togo and Vietnam. He has been working for IRC since 2018.
Before joining IRC, he worked on BRAC’s water and wastewater treatment programme, on faecal sludge management and water quality testing procedures. He has done his Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. He has substantial research experience in Bangladesh and the Netherlands. He has published more than 12 scientific publications in international journals.
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